Sacred

poem.

Le Paysage Bleu by Marc Chagall | 1949

A soul’s lamentation

       casual alienation

                of alternating debates

                      as love acclimates 

                        when hope is set aside

               for the tears I have cried

         washed over in seasons

    of faithfulness 

   and reasons

   start over again

               and again

                       try not to pretend

                             the longing away

                                   replay my ballet

                                       in colorful hues

                                    each one

                    I carefully choose

              and you

            in black or white

              no gray in sight

                     dressed in melody

                         of undertones 

                          and revelry  

                        bemoans 

                 this is my life’s 

        sacred poem.

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